Quantum Computing 2017

Quantum computers may soon be the most powerful data center hardware. Here I review quantum computing concepts, and highlight recent innovations from IBM, D-Wave Systems, Google, Microsoft, Intel and Alibaba.

Websites, press releases and articles referred to in the video are as follows:

IBM Q online quantum computer:
https://quantumexperience.ng.bluemix....

IBM cloud quantum computer press release, May 2016:
https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pr...

IBM Q press release, March 2017:
https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pr...

Latest IBM quantum processors press release, May 2017:
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pre...

“Physical Review X” technical article on D-Wave 2X performance (1 August 2016): https://journals.aps.org/prx/abstract...

“Nature” article by Google Quantum AI Lab engineers (March 2017):
https://static.googleusercontent.com/...

Microsoft Station Q: https://stationq.microsoft.com/

“MIT Technology Review” article on Intel silicon-based quantum computing (December 2016):
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/60...

Alibaba quantum computing lab press release (July 2015):
http://www.alibabagroup.com/en/news/a...

Other sources you may find useful include:

D-Wave Systems website: https://www.dwavesys.com/

D-Wave Systems video explaining quantum annealing:

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